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Viceroyalty of New Spain
The viceroyalty of New Spain, a Spanish colony comprising modern Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean; was administered locally through Mexico City from the 16th–19th centuries.
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“Burning of Idols,” drawn by an unidentified Indigenous artist, to accompany Diego Muñoz Camargo, Description of the City and Province of Tlaxcala, c. 1581–84 (Ms. Hunter 242, fol. 242r, Glasgow University Library, Scotland)